The lads struggle across with a combination or riding and carrying their bikes to the summit of Cross Fell, the highest point hereabouts. The Tees then flows eastwards for 137km to reach the chilly waters of the North Sea, between Redcar and Hartlepool very close to Middlesbrough.
River Tees, river in northeastern England, rising on Cross Fell in the northern Pennines and flowing 70 miles (110 km) east to the North Sea. On the northern side of Cross Fell there are also fine views across the Solway Firth to the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The source of the River Tees lies on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the North Pennines, it flows eastwards for 85 miles to reach the chilly waters of the North Sea.
The River Tees source is located in Cumbria, northern England. In its upper course the Tees flows in a typical Pennines dale (valley) where high moorlands flank an attenuated strip of farmland. 3 NY6872734306Continue roughly east-southeast on the Pennine Way, its course indicated by occasional tall cairns. Its source, on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the north Pennines is marked with a stone that is covered in Lichen. A trig point and stone walled windbreak mark the high point. Walkers on the Pennine Way walk a few yards from the source of the river.
It forms the boundary between the historic counties of Yorkshire and Durham.
No sign of any streams that might indicate the start of the Tees but a pile of stones a little way down from the summit marks the start of the Steel River.
One of Britain’s most famous long distance footpaths traverses Cross Fell.
The walk carries on to intersect and cross the infant River Tees a mere four miles from its source, before tracking the almost entire length of the isolated Trout Beck, a major tributary of the upper Tees. On a clear day there are excellent views from the summit across the Eden Valley to the mountains of the Lake District. NY6837935187Turn right onto the Pennine Way for the slightly soggy climb onto Cross Fell's wide, windy summit plateau. Vertical erosion has formed classic V-shaped valleys. The River Tees in northern England has its source in the Pennine Hills on Cross Fell and flows into the North Sea near Middlesbrough. In its upper course, the River Tees flows over hard, impermeable rocks. Cross Fell summit is crowned by a cross-shaped dry-stone shelter.
The source of the River Tees is Cross Fell in the Pennines.
It is 85 miles long.
Job done… now for the descent!